Yugoslavia Reports U.S. Holding Danube Vessels Before UN
Yugoslavia complained to the United Nations that the United States illegally detains Danube ships and other vessels in upper Danube waters. The claim cites 16 tugs 18 tankers 119 barges seven pontoons one crane and four other objects seized from Germans. The Yugoslav delegation sought discussion in the economic and social council while Moscow cites Izvestia alleging U.S. refusal to return the Danubian fleet from German control.
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London
Yugoslavia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Council
Moscow Radio
Anube
New York
U.N
Andrija Stamper
Economic and Social Council
Danube
Austria
Germany
Moscow
Security Council
Izvestia
Truman seeks Danube waterway internationalization
Washington sources say the United States will not deny Yugoslavia the return of river boats seized during occupation but will keep the craft until it gains assurances of freedom of commerce and navigation on the Danube. President Truman urged Russia and Britain at Potsdam to internationalize inland waterways, a request so far ignored.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
United States Army
Germany
United States
Danube River
Truman
Russia
Britain
Danube
Two Green Car Gang Members Captured in Elgin
In Elgin, Illinois, two teen members of the Green Car gang Richard Schultz 16 and Anthony Kapsis 17 were arrested without gunfire by three policemen after being spotted leaving a shoe store. They had been sought for two weeks for a lover’s Jane slaying and multiple holdups, as a large posse and aircraft hunted in nearby fields and wagons. The desk clerk identified them from police descriptions, leading to the capture.
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Chicago
Jane
Elgin
Richard Schultz
Anthony Kapsis
Anatt
Captain Billie Fitch Killed in Germany
Captain Billie Fitch 22 son of Mr and Mrs Leon C Fitch Cedar Rapids died July 17 in a German airplane crash while serving his third overseas tour as a P 51 Mustang pilot. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with six clusters and served in England France Belgium and Germany. Born April 26 1924 he lived in Cedar Rapids and Humboldt Iowa before joining the army in 1943.
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Cedar Raplds
Billie Fitch
Leon C. Fitch
Second Avenue SE
Europe
Germany
War Department
Fitch
England
France
Belgium
Cedar Rapids
Arthur and Polk
Humboldt
Humboldt High School
Santa Ana
Merced
Tulare
Calif
Lake Field
Ariz
Keesler Field
Miss
Fitches
No Decision Yet In Plumber Tiff
Conflicting reports clouded the work stoppage by Cedar Rapids Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 125 AFL off the job since Monday as they seek a $1.75 hourly wage. Master Plumbers head J. W. Darragh said a union organizer was in town and a meeting would be held Friday to resolve the dispute. Roy Cessford said he did not know of the organizer’s presence or any planned meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
AFL
J. W. Darragh
Roy Cessford
Paragraph Approved for Italy Peace Treaty Preamble
Paris reports the Malian political commission at the peace conference approved the first paragraph of Italy's peace treaty preamble after weeks of talks. The session focused on word meaning, with a Netherlands amendment suggesting "undertook" instead of "declared war." Soviet delegate Vishinsky opposed the change while New Zealander Jordan supported it to avoid future uses by aggressors. Byrnes was absent. Dunn represented the United States.
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Paris
Trieste
Netherlands
Italy
United Nations
Andrei Vishinsky
New
New Zealand
James F.byrnes
United States
James Cc. Dunn
George White Given a Year for Highway Hit Run Deaths
George White aged 52, producer of the girl show Scandals, was sentenced in San Diego to one year in the county industrial road camp and fined $600 for the hit and run deaths of a newlywed couple near the city on July 20.
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San Diego
Calif
George White
Here
Newsprint Price Ceilings Raised to Help U.S. Supply
Washington AP OPA granted an immediate seven dollar per ton rise in newsprint ceiling prices for U S manufacturers. The move applies to all deliveries since August eight and aims to ensure adequate supply for publishers while discouraging diversion of foreign newsprint and diverting production from more profitable paper lines.
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Washington
OPA
United States
Week's Car Output Reaches New High
Detroit report shows U S and Canada auto and truck production at a weekly peak of 91 620 vehicles, surpassing any total since July 1945 while last week stood at 88 990. The survey warns August output will fall due to Chrysler plant closures reducing about 21 thousand units this month.
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Detroit
INS
Ward
United States
Canada
Automotive
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Nitro plant blast kills three in West Virginia
An explosion at the Ohio Apex Company nitro plant in Nitro West Virginia on Friday left at least three dead and caused near total destruction of the facility. Fire and rescue teams fought flames as investigators began assessing the scene and counting victims.
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NITRO
W. Va
INS
Ohio Apex Company
Little Hope Held for 5 U.S. Flyers
Washington report says Yugoslav Fourth Army doubts any of the five American flyers survived. Consul Hohenthal and the Belgrade charge d affaires relay that bad weather halted recovery visits, and the army suspects crew may have thrown objects overboard mistaken for parachutes.
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Washington
State Department
Fourth Army
Harold Shantz
Belgrade
Hohenthal
Theodore Hohenthal
Zagreb
Pilot recalls misread signals before Yugoslav shootdown
Capt William Crombie, an American transport pilot, says he failed to interpret two Yugoslav fighters signals before being forced down. He flew 23 wartime missions over Tito’s country and described bad weather on Aug 9, tracing a Vienna to Udine route with cloud cover and instrument flying.
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Gorizia
Aly
United States Army
Yugoslavia
William Crombie
East Longmeadow
Mass
Crombie
Marshal Tito
Vienna-Udine
Sweeping Purge of Communist Leaders in Ukraine
MOSCOW (UP) A mass reshuffling of Communist party leaders in Ukraine was reported by politburo member N S Khrushchev. He said the reorganizing, on a long term basis, has replaced about half the leading personnel in 18 months with turnover as high as 91 percent in Sumy region presidents. Khrushchev cited rule breaks and personal ties in selections and criticized the Ukrainian central committee for assigning incapable officials to key western Ukraine posts. He also noted a Moscow newspaper report of dismissals in meat and dairy ministries.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Ukraine
N. S. Khruschev
Ukrainian Communist Party
Pravda
Khruschev
Ukrainian Central Committee
Kiev
Sumy
M. P. Smirnov
Russia
Ukrainian
Central Committee
Lots of People Still Want Nylons at Penney's Sale
A Penney's nylons sale drew about 1600 customers, starting at 7 a.m. and looping around the block. Every shopper received a pair, with the line wrapping up at 2:30 p.m. The event ran smoothly with no injuries, and nearby grocers served fruit to the hungry crowd.
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Cedar Rapids News
Penney’s Today
A. J. Cassel
Cassel
Penney’s
13 FBI ARRESTS IN IOWA RAILROAD THEFT RING
Federal agents raided Rock Island railroad yards at Manly Iowa and detained 13 people linked to a theft ring active since 1944. Eight arrested were Rock Island employees, five were receivers of stolen goods, including a locker operator cafe operator and two tavern operators. Additional arrests expected as investigation continues with FBI and railroad officials.
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Manly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rock Island
FBI
Rock Island Railroad
E. E. Kuhnel
Des Moines
Kuhnel
U.S
Nathan Levinson
Mason City
Helmer Stavnesli
Ice House
Clair H. Miller
Rex Mark Moore
Esmond T. Olson
William G. Haacke
John Michael Kelly
Irving Elmer Jones
Joseph Hall Deninger
David R. Allison
Iowa State Highway Commission
John Foster Clark
Farrell W. Clark
Marcellus G. Mandt
George Patiiades
Man Rescued After Three Hours Trapped Upside Down
Elbert Smith Jr. fell headfirst into a seven foot deep valve hole at the Logan waterworks while repairing a valve. He stood on his head for three hours with no aid heard for nearly two hours, before firemen broke through a concrete wall and freed him. He stayed calm throughout the ordeal.
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Logan
W. Va
Elbert Smith, Jr
Smiths
Dr Paul Packer Named Oregon State Higher Ed Chancellor
Dr Paul C Packer, dean at University of Iowa since 1923, is chosen to head Oregon state system of higher education succeeding Dr Frederick M Hunter. A 59 year old Iowan, Packer will address student housing and faculty space needs while arranging new classrooms and labs. He recently retired as a lieutenant colonel from the army information and education division. He holds a BA from Iowa, an MA from Michigan, and a PhD from Columbia. He will arrive in Oregon early next year.
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Portland
Ore
Paul C Packer
University of Iowa
Oregon State System of Higher Education
Willard L. Marks
Packer
Frederick M Hunter
Marks
Army Information and Education Division
Iowa
Michigan
Columbia
Oregon
200 Killed in Battle in Java Near Surabaya
Batavia reports that 200 Indonesians were killed in a battle with Dutch marines on the outskirts of Soerabaya. More than 700 Indonesians were captured when they attacked a marine post. Casualties in the last two weeks total about 600 killed.
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Batavia
Java
Soerabaya
U S Truck Under Fire Near Gorizia
A United States army mobile library truck was fired on near Caporetto on the Morgan line. A single bullet pierced the windshield and another hit the cab. Driver Pvt Wade Parmelee of Mount Prospect Illinois was shot at but unhurt and reported to the nearest army post. A search failed to locate the gunman.
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Gorizia
Italy
United States Army Mobile Library
Caporetto
Morgan Line
88Th Division
Wade Parmelee
Mount Prospect
Parmelee
Sixteen Indicted in Alabama Race Riot Case
ATHENS Alabama sixteen persons were indicted by a special county grand jury after an investigation of racial disorders here on August 10. The indictments represent a major step in prosecuting those involved in the race riot that followed the events reported in the area.
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Alabama
Athens
Ala
Special
Patterson Warns Prolonged War Delay May Begin Army
Lowell Massachusetts dispatch reports Secretary of War Patterson voicing extreme indignation over Yugoslavia shooting down unarmed American planes. He warned that waiting for war to start before building an army would be too late. Patterson called the act an outrage and questioned an ally’s justification.
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Lowell
Mass
Yugoslavia
Patterson
United States
Some Terms Met, Matter Still Pending
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Tito rejected a United States ultimatum though some terms of the note were met. Yugoslav Ambassador Kosanovic defended peace and criticised U.S. pressure, urging understanding and impartiality. He cited Allied zones hosting war criminals and warned of a new war unless tensions ease.
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Paris
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
United States
Byrnes
Washington
Sava Kosanovic
Yugoslavia
Tito orders no firing on foreign planes over Yugoslavia
Premier Tito tells the air force to avoid firing on foreign planes even if they fly over Yugoslavia without clearance. He also says U S representatives will be allowed to inspect two downed C-47 transports. One was shot down near Ljubljana on Aug 9 and another near Bled on Monday. U S Ambassador Patterson met Tito for two hours at Bled and said the Yugoslav government promised to provide satisfaction. Seven Americans and two Europeans were released from custody just before the conference.
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Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
United States
Richard C. Patterson
Ljubljana
Bled
Patterson
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